Combined match-box and cigar-cutter.



H. MARRIOTT.

COMBINED MATCH BOX AND CIGAR CUTTER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.25,1910

979,3 18. Patented Dec. 20, 1910.

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COMBINED MATCH BOX AND CIGAR CUTTER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.25, 1910.

979,31 8, Patented Dec. 20, 1910.

2 sums-snub. 6 9 20 1 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE:

HAL MARRIOTT, OF NEWARK, OHIO.

COMBINED MATCH-BOX AND CIGAR-CUTTER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HAL MARRIOTT, citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Licking and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Matcl1-Boxes and Cigar-Cutters, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to article delivering mechanism and has particular reference to a combined match delivering device and a cigar cutter.

The invention has for an object certain detailed improvements over a similar device for which Letters Patent #945,? 92 were issued January 11, 1910, and particularly with reference to the means for admitting of the independent action of the match delivering mechanism.

The invention has for a further object other detailed improvements in the construction and arrangement of the elements which comprise the machine which will be speciii cally referred to in the accompanying description and drawings; these improvements being adapted to produce a more complete and satisfactory machine than the above referred to similar device, not only in the op eration of the machine but also in the production and manufacture of the same.

For a full understanding of the invention reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of the complete machine, a part of the same being disclosed in section. Fig. 2 is a detailed view of the cigar cutting mechanism, the same being disclosed in dotted lines in an operative position. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal vertical section through the complete machine, and Fig. 1 is a section on the line 4 1 of Fig. 3 in the direction of the arrow.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the accompanying drawings by the same reference characters.

Referring to the drawings 10 designates a base of preferably rectangular form having a marginal shoulder 11 in its upper face. Sides 12 and 13 are seated upon the base and against the shoulder 11, and carry a back 1 1 resting at its lower edge against the shoulder 11. Between the sides 12 and 13 an inclined bottom 15 is positioned which is integrally Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 25, 1910.

Patented Dec.'20, 1910.

Serial No. 540,081.

formed with the back 14 and extending downwardly from the upper end thereof.

The bottom 15 terminates in spaced relation above the base 10 and inwardly of the forward edges of the sides 12 and 13. A front piece 16 is engaged between the sides 12 and 13 at their lower ends and supports upon its upper edge a front 17. The front 17 is preferably formed from glass, or like transparent material. The sides 12 and 13 are provided at their upper edges with registering beads 18 upon their inner opposite faces. A. transverse leaf-spring 19, which is carried against the under side of a suitable cover 20 engages beneath the beads 18 to hold the cover in position. The beads 18 are beveled at their rear ends, as at 21, to receive the extremities of the leaf-spring 19. The spring 19 is secured to the cover 20 by a screw 22 which is positioned upwardly through the central portion of the spring 19 and into a boss 23 formed centrally of the under side of the cover 20.

The upper face of the base 10 is of concave form to provide a longitudinal groove to accommodate a helical spring 2 1. The spring 24 engages at its forward end upon a screw 25 carried adjacent the forward end of the base. The rear end of the spring 2& engages upon a screw 26 depending from the inner end of a slide 27 The slide 27 is formed of a plate engaging over the base 10 between the sides 12 and 13. The slide 27 extends forwardly from the base 10 beneath the front-piece 16 and the bottom 15, the slide 27 forming a continuation or completion of the bottom 15 between the front piece 16 and the forward edge of the bottom 15. The forward end of the slide 27 is notched as at 28, and is providcd in its upper face with a transverse groove 29 traversing the inner end of the notch 28. The groove 29 receives a match from the inclined bottom, and the notch 28 admits the finger of the operator to raise the match from the groove 29. The sides 12 and 13 carry lugs 30 engaging in seats 31 formed in the opposite edges of the inclined bottom 15. The sides 12 and 13 are further provided with rests 32 positioned slightly below and forwardly of the lugs 30 to engage against the lower face of the bottom 15 to prevent the resting of the same upon the slide 27. The slide 27 is provided adjacent its rear end with an upwardly extending abutment 33. The

of shafts 35 and 36, the same being supported at their outer extremities in the sides 12 and 13, while their inner extremities are! journaled within a bearing 37 depending from the upper end of the inclined bottom 15. The shaft 35 is disposed at one side of the receptacle or housing and carries a depending arm 38 engaging against the forward side of the abutment 33 to limit the forward movement of the slide 27. The arm 38 is enlarged at its upper end and angularly apertured to receive the inner end of the shaft 35 which is correspondingly formed. The outer end of the shaft 35 is secured to a lever 39 by a screw 40 engaging through the inner end of the lever 39 and into the outer extremity of the shaft 35. The lever 39 is arranged longitudinally against the outer face of the side 13 and is adapted to communicate motion to the shaft 35 and arm 38. The lever 39, and consequently the slide 27, are limited in movement by a stop 41 extending outwardly from the side 13. The lower end of the arm 38 is provided with a lug 42 carrying one end of a spring 43 for normally holding the lever 39 against the stop 41. The opposite end of the spring 43 is carried upon a finger 44 depending from the forward end of the bottom 15. The opposite shaft 36 rigidly carries an arm 45 depending therefrom for engagement against the abutment 33. The arm 45 is held in a retracted position by a second spring 43 carried at its forward end upon the finger 44, while its inner end is attached to the lower end of the arm The shaft '36 is operated from the cigar tip cutting mechanism which is arranged against the side 12 and within a housing 46. The shaft 36 is squared at its outer end and eX- tends through the side 12 to receive the inner end of a cutter arm 47, arranged against the side 12. The inner end of the arm 47 is enlarged and angularly apertured to snugly receive the squared portion of the shaft 36.

Pivotally mounted against the side 12 and above the arm 47 is a guide arm 48. A screw 49 passes through the housing 46 and into the side 12 to support the housing, the screw 49 also passes through the inner end of the arm 48. It will be observed from Figs. 1 and 2 that the pivotal point of the guide arm 48 is slightly in advance of the pivotal point of the cutter-arm 47. This disposition of the arms insures a sliding movement of the outer end of the cutter arm beneath the guide-arm 48 when the arms are swung about their respective pivot points. The guide arm 48 carries upon its outer end a guide 50, the same being in the form of an apertured disk having a depression or pocket in its upper face to receive the tip of a cigar and to guide the same to the aperture. The cutter-arm 47 carries a blade 51 having a diagonal and upwardly beveled cutting edge to slide snugly against the under side of the guide 50 to sever the tip from the cigar. The blade 51 is secured to the arm 47 by a rivet 52, or the like, and is held from lateral displacement by the provision of a flange 53 extending u w'ardly along the inner edge of the arm 47 rom the outer end thereof to a point which is substantially in alinement with the inner end of the blade 51. The arm 47 is oifset adjacent its rear end as at 54 to provide a shoulder or abutment to engage against a corresponding offset portion 54 formed upon the guid'earm 48 when the arms are in their normal raised position. A depending projection 55 is formed upon the outer end and at the outer edge of the guide-arm 48 to slidably engage against the outer edge of the blade 51 to retain the arm 47 from beneath the guide 53. The housing 46 is of practically rectangular form, being opened at its inner side to engage against the side 12 of the receptacle, and being cut away at its forward edge to admit of the passage of the arms 47 and 48 therethrough to admit of the free movement of the same.

Immediately beneath the guide 50, the side 12 is provided with a smooth face 56 to receive thereagainst the flattened side of a receptacle 57 holding the tips of cigars when the same are cut. The receptacle 57 is provided in its flattened side with a vertical slot 58 for the reception of an 59. The ear 59 is slitted at its inner end, the slit eX tending from the upper edge thereof to a point midway of the edges of the ear, to receive the upper edge of the flattened side of the receptacle 57. Retaining lugs 60 depend from the cover 20 and engaged against the opposite edges of the spring 19 to prevent the rotation thereof about the supporting screw 22. The cover 20 is provided at its forward end with a corrugated or otherwise roughened surface 61 extending transversely across the upper face of the cover adapted for the striking of matches.

In the operation of the machine, when it is desired to deposit a quantity of matches within the receptacle the cover 20 is forced backwardly to cause the edges of the spring 19, to ride over the beveled ends 21 of the beads 18 whereupon the spring is released and the cover 20 is removed. When it is desired to withdraw a match from the receptacle the lever 39 is depressed, whereupon the'shaft 35 rotates and carries the arm 38 backwardly against the tension of the spring 43 and to move the abutment 33 backwardly and retract the slide 27. When the slide 27 is retracted, against the tension of the spring 24:,

the fr0ntpiece 16 and the forward edge of the bottom 15. One of the matches in the receptacle now falls into the groove 29. The lever 39 is now released when the spring 43 retracts the arm 38 and the slide 27 is moved outwardly under the action of the spring 24:. The operator now inserts a finger in the notch 28 and removes the match. When it is desired to cut the tip from a cigar, and at the same time to procure a match from the receptacle, the tip of the cigar is inserted in the guide 50. The guide 50 is forced downwardly by pressure upon the cigar, or by pressure from the finger of the operator upon the guide arm 48 adjacent the guide 50, to slide the blade 51 beneath the guide 50 to sever the tip from the cigar. In this movement the cutter arm 47 moves outwardly with respect to the arm 48 so as to carry therewith the blade 51 moving the diagonal edge of the blade across the bottom of the guide 50. The partial rotation of the arm 47 carries therewith the shaft 36 which in turn moves the depending arm 38 backwardly and retracts the slide 27. hen the cigar is released fromthe guide 50, the spring 43 retracts the arm 45 and returns the shaft 36 to its normal position raising the arms 47 and 48. This movement releases the slide 27 and admits the forward movement of the same under the action of the spring 24. WVhen the tip is cut from the cigar the same falls into the receptacle 5'? which is carried detachably upon the ear 59 immediately beneath the guide 50. It is readily observed from the drawings that when the receptacle 57 is to be emptied that a slight upward movement of the same will release the edge of the flattened side of the receptacle 57 from the slit formed in the ear 59, and that a slight outward movement of the receptacle will disengage the ear 59 from the slot 58.

the groove 29 is located between Having thus described the invention what is claimed as new is 1. A match box including a receptacle, an inclined bottom located in said receptacle and having a depending finger at its lower end and upon its under side, aslide arranged in the receptacle to convey matches singly therefrom, a spring'disposed in the receptacle and having connection wit-h the slide to normally extend the same, an abutment disposed across the rear end of the slide, a transverse shaft arranged in alinement above the rear end of the slide, an arm mounted rigidly upon said shaft for engagement against the abutment to retract the slide upon the rotation of the shaft, and a spring disposed between the finger and the arm for retracting the same when the shaft is released.

2. A match box including a receptacle having an inclined bottom with a depending finger at its forward end, a depending bearing at its upper end, a slide arranged within the receptacle above the bottom, a spring carried within the receptacle and having connection at its opposite ends with the bottom and the slide to normally extend the latter, a transverse shaft journaled within the receptacle and the depending bearing, an arm carried upon the shaft and extending downwardly for engagement with the slide, a lever carried upon the outer end of the shaft against the side of the receptacle to rotate the shaft, and a spring secured at its opposite ends, respectively, upon the finger and the arm to hold the arm normally in a forward position from engagement with the slide.

In testimony whereof I affiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HAL MARRIOTT. [L. s]

Vitnesses D. R. MORAN, J. G. MARRIOTT. 

